There’s certain moments in music when it just clicks. For Jason Momoa, it happened while he was listening to TOOL.
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Momoa was interviewed by Bass Player magazine and told the story of how he got inspired to pick up the bass. “I always have instruments on the set, so my son was playing drums and my daughter was playing guitar,” he said.
“It was my assistant’s birthday, and she really loves TOOL, so I borrowed a bass from my buddy and we all played ‘Sober’ for her. Right then, my passion for bass really exploded. The moment I put it on, I could just feel the connection – and it was all over.”
Ever since he picked up the instrument, Momoa said he has “studied and studied and studied.”
“I was like ‘My God, I wish I would have done this when I was young,’” he added. “I wish that I had that opportunity, but I’m making up for lost time.”
Momoa’s gotten quite proficient at the instrument. So much so that Slayer bassist Tom Araya asked him if he would ever make the switch from acting to music. Momoa replied: “Oh man. A lot of my friends are musicians and I love them, and I feel like it’s fine for them to be actors, but I don’t know, when I see actors being musicians I’m like, ‘Oh my God.' It’s just like ‘Ugh…’ It never really works out.”
“It’s all good, and I would never want to say ‘I’ll never do anything,’” he added. “I enjoy playing up there with my friends if they’re raising money for a charity, of course, because it’s always good to help, but I feel very out of place up there.”
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